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From NBC’s Libby LeistYou know it's summer in Washington when the State Department briefing includes questions on GQ Magazine and its new "50 Most Powerful People in D.C." list. 
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was listed as the No. 1 most powerful</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316657</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:50:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316657</guid><dc:creator>Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA</dc:creator><description>Hmmm, a translator as the 41st most powerful person in D.C. I wonder if the White House chef made the list?</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316676</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:00:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316676</guid><dc:creator>J. Merle Stanley, Westchester, NY</dc:creator><description>Look at those teeth! &lt;br&gt;This girl could eat an ear of corn through a picket fence!&lt;br&gt;I thought they had a dental plan at the White House?</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316687</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:04:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316687</guid><dc:creator>jerry/corpus christi texas</dc:creator><description>I wonder if Leaky Leahy or Chuck Schummer will hold hearings on why he wasn't on the list?</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316696</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:12:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316696</guid><dc:creator>elizabeth,montecito CA</dc:creator><description>What a joke. She has done nothing but be untouchable to all the problems were are facing.She hides behind her travels &amp;nbsp;not to answer the questions ask by our congressman and senators. She thinks she is royalty and cannot even sit like a lady. No.1 in failure</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316698</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:13:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316698</guid><dc:creator>Mel Martinez, Miami Beach, Fl.</dc:creator><description>Who cares ? She get's nothing done, just flies around the world.She about as pathetic as George Bush is. Maybe she will resign too.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316708</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:16:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316708</guid><dc:creator>H P Boston</dc:creator><description>Condi cries herself to sleep at night because her guy shrub is in the toilet.&lt;br&gt;Laura knows!</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316716</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:22:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316716</guid><dc:creator>M. Boley</dc:creator><description>Who cares. Yawn.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316719</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:24:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316719</guid><dc:creator>jt, okc</dc:creator><description>Secy Rice doesn't get the credit that she deserves. African Americans don't believe she is &amp;quot;truly black&amp;quot; which is ridiculous. For her to grow up in racist and segregationist Alabama and end up where she is now takes lot of smarts and perseverance. &lt;br&gt;She is the first Black woman secretary of state for God sakes! Give her some credit!</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316739</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:32:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316739</guid><dc:creator>David, Chattanooga, Tn</dc:creator><description>Who cares?</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316787</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:59:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316787</guid><dc:creator>F StLouis</dc:creator><description>Most black folks don't like her because she sucks up to whites...like Bush.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316826</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:15:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316826</guid><dc:creator>Still Crazy After All These Years</dc:creator><description>GQ list-&amp;quot;Best In Show&amp;quot;-movie</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316927</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:55:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316927</guid><dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator><description>Jt&lt;br&gt;I'm black and even though I don't agree with Coni's positions I'm still proud of her. I often think she's just doing her job. </description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316939</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:58:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316939</guid><dc:creator>Homer Simpson</dc:creator><description>I'am the #2 most powerful person in Washingtown, D.C.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316946</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:02:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316946</guid><dc:creator>HMT-MI</dc:creator><description>Just like the Donald says she waves goodby and leaves she waves hello when coming back but never accomplishes anything.Never makes a deal---is she trying to talk other countries to death?What has she done for this country besides scare us with her so called bombs sending us up in smoke.her sister said &amp;quot;she does anything that man&amp;quot;Bush&amp;quot;tells her to---</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316952</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:05:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316952</guid><dc:creator>Steve A. Jonesboro IN</dc:creator><description>Rice is nothing more than a yapping boot licking lacky lapdog to the ignorant cowboy. She has accomplished nothing-unless you count getting hamas elected by the palestinians.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316965</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:14:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316965</guid><dc:creator>DR</dc:creator><description>Barack Obama is on that list too. He's number 20. I will say this though. As an African American woman, I am proud that the most powerful woman in Washington is a Black woman even though I hate her with a passion for her politics. Also, the most powerful celebrity is Oprah , another Black woman who I actually LOVE like my mother. When the playing field is equal, look who exceeds. No wonder why there have been so many efforts to hold us back. LOL&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#316986</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:22:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:316986</guid><dc:creator>Amy B Portland, ME</dc:creator><description>I only by GQ magazine when there is a hot guy on the cover. Guess I'll be skipping this edition!</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317034</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:41:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317034</guid><dc:creator>katwac, Oakland, Calif</dc:creator><description>JT: &amp;nbsp;So what, she is a disgrace to us black folks. What has she accomplished nothing. &amp;nbsp;She should retire, resign next.&lt;br&gt;Oh, and where was this great black Secretary of State when Katrina folks were suffering&amp;gt; &amp;nbsp;With her mink coat at the OPERA.&lt;br&gt;Get a grip JT</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317065</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:51:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317065</guid><dc:creator>Robert Catalano, Salem, OR</dc:creator><description>What!!!!!How can someone be powerful and incompetent at the same time. &amp;nbsp;Oh, yeah, she's just follwoing in her Boss's footsteps. &amp;nbsp;If her nose ever gets broken, we'll know why.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317107</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:21:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317107</guid><dc:creator>nuanced</dc:creator><description>I wonder what their definition of powerful is? She has no influence or accomplishments. Donald Rumsfeld sidelined her. Dick Cheney ignores her. She does whatever Bush says. She insults every country she visits causing us to lose influence. Does she boss her underlings around and make them run errands for her?</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317113</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:23:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317113</guid><dc:creator>nuanced</dc:creator><description>Robert Catalano -- do you mean if he stops short?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I know I lack respect for her but I might have more if she hadn't continued shoe shopping in New York without ever showing concern while people were dying on rooftops in New Orleans.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317262</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:30:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317262</guid><dc:creator>diane</dc:creator><description>Imagine this. &amp;nbsp;A supposed 'inexperience' rookie who is so naive and irresponsible is #20.&lt;br&gt;For someone who was not in Washington 3 and half years ago to end up as the 20th most powerful seems to me to mean Obama is not so naive, inexperienced or much of a rookie.&lt;br&gt;don't mistake someone doing things his own way and going against the failed cw as being a rookie mistake. &amp;nbsp;Usually he means to go against it.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317313</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:36:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317313</guid><dc:creator>tomas</dc:creator><description>what a joke. Condi, condi, a penguin in bondage.she has no guts, no glory, no history and no story. all this oreo did was attempt to keep up her importance level with that of the other inner circle-jerks. she should go on american idol when they audition for dancing fools. only job she qualifies for is a lady wrestler or maybe roller derby queen. go away little girl and stop counting the days till bush wilts</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317323</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:51:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317323</guid><dc:creator>Simeet Gandhi</dc:creator><description>See, it is nice and all to see a black female achieve success...but you can't let that overshadow her job performance has been superficial and full of smiles and handshakes and happy Bush moments but no reality based achievements. She failed at everything. I think we should honor achievement and actions, not the people who inhabit the positions.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317348</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:16:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317348</guid><dc:creator>Pitous VA</dc:creator><description>Oh my God! We have been in trouble for the past 61/2 years, and Condi, well another disgrace in this administration. Put Bush, Cheney and Condi on a fast boat to China.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317439</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:11:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317439</guid><dc:creator>Rich Harris, Hornell, NY</dc:creator><description>No way! Seriously? &amp;nbsp;When does her power and influence kick in again?</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317477</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:06:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317477</guid><dc:creator>Robert Catalano, Salem, OR</dc:creator><description>Yep, nuanced, exactly my point.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317526</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:30:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317526</guid><dc:creator>rj, NY, NY</dc:creator><description>Rice is irrelevant. &amp;nbsp;Her mideast tour was a joke. &amp;nbsp;I don't see how she is supposed to be so powerful. &amp;nbsp;The whole admin is an embarrassment.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317570</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:36:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317570</guid><dc:creator>Don Dukeman, Shelbyville, Illinois</dc:creator><description>Who really gives a flying crap about the top 50 powerful people in DC. &amp;nbsp;That's a city made of Morons and Mental Midgets. &amp;nbsp;When worthless crap like this comes out then you have people playing the race issue. &amp;nbsp;Regardless of her race she should be brought before a War Tribunal for War Against Humanity along with Bush and Cheney.....Then hung. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#317696</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:35:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:317696</guid><dc:creator>Emma Rison, Atlanta Georgia</dc:creator><description>Merle Stanley - Look at those teeth!&lt;br&gt;This girl could eat an ear of corn through a picket fence!&lt;br&gt;I thought they had a dental plan at the White House?&lt;br&gt;-----&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Racist. &amp;nbsp;Hate filled racist.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#318488</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:28:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:318488</guid><dc:creator>Jael, downstate Illinois</dc:creator><description>Condi, regardless of race or gender, was National Security Advisor. &amp;nbsp;She failed to &amp;quot;advise&amp;quot; the president. &amp;nbsp;Numerous times she (and many others in this administration) has stated that she feels her duty is/was to &amp;quot;serve the president&amp;quot;. &amp;nbsp;Wrong. &amp;nbsp;Her, and others, duty is to protect our country and constitution by advising the president. &amp;nbsp;She was a &amp;quot;yes person&amp;quot; in the very position that required a person strong enough to tell the president when he was wrong. &amp;nbsp;She failed miserably, not because of her race or gender, but because she wasn't strong enough to do her job.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#319488</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:32:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:319488</guid><dc:creator>Utahreb, Veyo, UT</dc:creator><description>Rice has been nothing but an enabler to a barstool pilot and a draft dodger. &amp;nbsp;Running around the world promoting democratic elections that have backfired - look at the Palestinean elections. &amp;nbsp;She and her bosses want democratic elections but then when they do not turn out the way they want, they will punish the countries.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;She is intelligent, but not qualified for the job she has been asked to do. &amp;nbsp;Too bad - but then, this administration is noted for putting people in positions for which they are not fully qualified.</description></item><item><title>Rice tops Most Powerful list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/14/316644.aspx#322747</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:39:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:322747</guid><dc:creator>kenneth hodgkins phippsburg maine</dc:creator><description>I Would vote for any ticket that had Condoleezza Rice on it like all the woman G.W. chose to have in his government,she is at the top of the tree./Ken</description></item></channel></rss>